Hay-carrier.



H. L. FERRIS.

PA T'ENTED JULY 17, 1906.

HAY CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18, 1905'.

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H. L. FERRIS. HAY CARRIER.

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H. L. PERRIS. HAY CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 13, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY L. FERRIS, OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HUNT, HELM, FERRIS & COMPANY, OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

HAY-CARRIER.

Patented July 17, 1906 To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY L. FERRIS, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Harvard, in the county of McHenry and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Hay-(larriers, of which the fo lowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hay-carriers, and is fully described and explained in this specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a section in the line 2 2 of Fig. 3, showing the device tripped. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the device. Fig. 4 is a section in the line 4 4 ofFig. 1. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section in the line 5 5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a top plan of the pulley-supporting mem- Fig. 7 is an elevation of one of the frame-sections and the adjacent parts, and Fig. 8 is a section in the line 8 8 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, A is a track bearing a trip-block a.

B is a carriage running on the track and supported by wheels or rollers b, said carria e having at its lower end a circular turntab%e B, upon which is swiveled a frame comprising two side plates C C, riveted or otherwise secured together to form an inclosed structure. The side plate C is formed near its rear end with downwardly and outwardly projecting ears 0, which receive gudgeons cl,

cast integral with. a housing D, containing a stationary main pulley D. This pulley is pivoted upon a longitudinal axis about which it can swing, its axis of rotation extending parallel to the length of the frame. Between the two side sections is ivoted a pulley-supporting member E in the form of a lever of the first order, the said lever being well illustrated in top plan in Fig. 6. At the rear of this lever are two bosses e e, which support, respectively, a gudgeon f and a hollow boss f at the front and rear of a housing F, carrying a movable main pulley F. It will be seen that this pulley, like the pulley D, is pivoted upon a longitudinal axis parallel to the length 0 the frame about which it can be swung.

X indicates the rope of my device, the same passing in at the front end of the frame, along over the pulley-supporting member E, down over the movable main pulley F, under two sling-pulleys Y Y, up over the stationary main pulley D, and thence down to the block of the sling-pulley Y. By the construction here shown the bight of the rope which supports the sling-pulleys extends across the frame instead of in line therewith. Heretofore to produce this kind of bight in a sling-carrier it has been necessary to place the pulleys at a considerable distance apart if both or either of them extended longitudinally of the frame, and even when this was done the ropes occasionally reached such an angle when pulled out to the edges of the haysling as, to bind on the edges of the pulley and tend to run off. In my device this is prevented by swiveling both pulleys side by side on horizontal axes, so that they can be swung apart to permit the rope to take any desired angle.

The remaining features of my device are substantially similar both in construction and operation to the corres onding parts shown in my application filed on even date herewith and allotted Serial No. 278,323.

G is the engagement member which strikes the trip-block a. locks said engagement member and holds the clamping mechanism out of engagement with the rope. I is the upper movable clampingjaw, which is operated by the pulley-supporting member E exactly as in said application set forth. J is the lever o erated by the rise of the sling-pulleys, and II is the fork connecting said lever with the dog H. No detail description will be necessary of these parts, nor will any description of the hand tripping and swiveling mechanism be required.

I realize that considerable variation is possible in the details of this construction without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I therefore do not intend to limit myself to the specific form herein shown and described.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a device of the class described, the combination with a track, a frame, a pulleysupporting member, and mechanism for looking and tripping the pulley-supporting mem- H is the pivoted dog which ber, of a pulley-housing extending longitudicombination With a track, a frame, a pulleysupporting member connected With a ropeclamping mechanism, and mechanism for locking and tripping the pulley-supporting member, of a pulley-housing extending longitudinal of said pulley-supporting member and pivoted thereto on a longitudinal axis, and a second pulley-housing pivoted to the device upon a longitudinal horizontal axis and pulleys Within the housings.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with a track, a frame, and a pulley-supporting member centrally pivoted in the frame, of a pulley-housing extending 1011- gitudinally of said pulley-supporting mem- 15 ber and pivoted thereto upon a longitudinal axis, a second ulley-housin also pivoted upon a longitu inal horizonta axis and pulleys in said housings.

In Witness whereof I have signed the above 1pplication for Letters Patent, at Harvard, in t e county of McI'Ienry and State of Illinois, this 6th day of September, A. D. 1905.

HENRY L. FER-BIS.

Witnesses:

R. G. EHLE, H. D. ORUMLY. 

